If this is Moderator approved then the question is settled.
However in time trial mode this time loss doesn't exist, so for those who are not playing championship this question remains unanswered. Ideally the ruling on single stage category should be updated.
As I understand transmission can be changed to any value, but what about all the other sliders, that situationally save time? For example, in Kenya setting the cars suspension all the way to soft gains a substantial amount of time. Am I allowed to change the steering sensitivity to any value I want, to effectively remove the only downside on a car like Ford Racing Puma?
Your run was really clean apart from a few mistakes. You have a lot of potential to get a very good time on this stage. Keep up the work, your doing great.